Optimism and Social Resilience: Social Isolation, Meaninglessness, Trust, and Empathy in Times of COVID-19

Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of existential threat, we conducted a nationwide survey in March 2020 asking 445 Americans about their hopes and fears, opinions coronavirus pandemic, attitudes for getting through public health crisis. In present research, examine complex problem explore its effects on respondents’ levels optimism to resolve While much existing research examines influence risk perception optimism, specifically measure how empathy trust affect social resilience relate fears personal United States. Specifically, government neighbors well empathy, alienation, isolation. Our confirmed importance counter spread virus while preventing economic collapse. addition, found that relational factors such alienation individuals’ or pessimism